Research Paper Quick Check


Startling and informative opening

Stem cells have helped people overcome diabetes and they have allowed people to take far less insulin.



Quick summary of main question that I mean to answer or reason I think this topic is important

Stem cell research should be funded because they have the potential to save the lives of many people with fatal diseases.




Two or three most interesting things I learned from research

Most cells are programmed to do a specific job but stem cells have no programming. Stem cells can be programmed to form any cell in the body. Stem cells are mostly found in human embryos.




Confirmation or rejection of one or two commonly held beliefs about this topic

People believe human life begins when the sperm and the egg meet but the embryo doesn’t start developing until fourteen days afterward.




Something to connect the topic to the reader's life so that he/she will care

Stem cells may cure diseases that your friends and family might have or might develop later in your lives.




A closing surprise...intriguing fact, quotation, or discovery from my own research
40% of embryos are naturally destroyed. If we learn why some embryos are destroyed we can use the ones that have no other use.